where does the installer download MSVC++ 2008 to?

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where does the installer download MSVC++ 2008 to?

I am upgrading to a new hard drive, so need to have MSVC++ 2008 on the new drive(Win XP).

The installer program must have downloaded the 700MB of files somewhere on my current drive(Win XP), before installing. I can't find it anywhere, although I can find the 300MB of MSDN(documentation for Visual Studio), which exists as a binary.

I am currently on dial-up speeds, so can't realistically d/l 700M.

If anyone can tell me where the installer downloads MSVC to, I can copy the files to a USB drive and transfer it to the new drive.

Google has not yielded any answers, and for some reason I can't log into the MSDN forum to ask this question.

When you click "download", it downloads the 2.7mb installer. Where does the installer dowload the 700MB MSVC++ files?

I am on dial-up speed. I don't want to d/l 700MB. I already have MSVC++ installed on my current drive, so I want to copy the files already on the drive(downloaded by the installer program) and transfer them to the new drive.

The Microsoft installers are also known for extracting stuff and things to the drive which has the most space. The may apply to downloads, as well, so you may want to expand your search.
I'll see if I can figure out where it downloads the files, though.